A study conducted by Cambridge University and commissioned by Shelter shows that coalition plans to cap Housing Benefit will leave large areas of London unaffordable for thousands of people.With the average two-bedroom London house costing more to rent than would be covered by the new cap, benefit recipients will have no choice but to relocate to the suburbs.
Chief executive of Shelter, Campbell Robb, said “We are concerned this could mean tens of thousands of households forced from the centre, creating concentrations of poverty and inequality and adding to the already significant levels of homelessness and overcrowding in the city.”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/oct/31/london-housing-crisis-benefit-cuts